gallinaceus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →gallinaceus, gallinacea, gallinaceum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
of/belonging to domestic poultry, poultry-; [cunila ~ => wild marjoram];
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...lucem cenemus". [LXXIV] Haec dicente eo gallus gallinaceus cantavit. Qua voce confusus Trimalchio vinum sub mensa iussit effundi..."Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...profluentem excidit; mox Viennae pro tribunali iura reddenti gallinaceus supra umerum ac deinde in capite astitit. Quibus ostentis..."